The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the 8th edition of the men's

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, a quadrennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(AFC). The finals were hosted by

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between 1 December and 16 December 1984. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five.

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won their first title, beating

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in the final 2–0.

Qualification

21 teams competed in qualifying for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup with the teams being separated into three groups of five teams and one group of six. The top two of each group would qualify through to the Asian Cup as they would join

and

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

who automatically qualified. At the end of the qualifying, the remaining eight teams was filled in which included

as they made their finals debut.

Venue

Squads

Group stage

All times are

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)

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

Winners

Individual Awards

Goalscorers

With three goals, Jia Xiuquan, Shahrokh Bayani and Nasser Mohammadkhani are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 44 goals were scored by 34 different players, with four of them credited as own goals. ;3 goals *

Jia Xiuquan Jia Xiuquan (; born 9 November 1963) is a Chinese people, Chinese Association football, football Coach (sport), manager and former international player. Player career Club career As a player, Jia Xiuquan predominately played the majority of hi ...

Shahrokh Bayani Shahrokh Bayani (31 December 1960) is an Iranian former football midfielder who played for Iran in the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for Esteghlal, Al-Shamal and Zob Ahan and Iran national football team .http://www.fnews.ir/Default.aspx?tab ...

Nasser Mohammadkhani Naser Mohammadkhani ( fa, ناصر محمدخانی, born 7 September 1957) is a retired Iranian football striker. He also worked as a coach for Tehran's Persepolis club. Honours Club ;Persepolis *Asian Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1990–91 **Runn ...

;2 goals *

Gu Guangming Gu Guangming (; born January 31, 1959 in Guangzhou) is a former Chinese professional football player and manager. Nicknamed "The Weatherfish" because of his ability to dribble out of tight spaces on the flanks and in the corners while avoidin ...

Zhao Dayu Zhao Dayu (; 17 January 1961 – 18 March 2015), also known as , was a Chinese coach, businessman and a former international football striker. He was a naturalized citizen of Japan. As a footballer he played his whole career for Guangzhou ...

Majed Abdullah Majed Ahmed Abdullah ( ar, ماجد احمد عبد الله; born 11 January 1959) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played for Al-Nassr and the Saudi national team. Abdullah is the all-time leading goalscorer for Saudi Arabia with 72 ...

* Razali Saad ;1 goal * Li Huayun *

Lin Lefeng Lin Lefeng (; born October 16, 1955 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese former international football player. Since retiring he has worked for a number of Chinese football clubs where he has served as a coach, manager, general manager. Currently ...

Yang Zhaohui Yang Zhaohui is a Chinese football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders ...

Zuo Shusheng Zuo Shusheng (; born 13 April 1958 in Tianjin) is a former Chinese international soccer player and manager. As a player, he played for Tianjin City FC (now currently known as Tianjin Teda F.C.) and Dutch team FC Zwolle before he retired. As ...

* Hamid Alidousti * Zia Arabshahi * Abdullah Al-Buloushi *

Faisal Al-Dakhil Faisal Ali Al-Dakhil (), also spelled Al-Dakheel ( ar, فيصل الدخيل) (born 13 August 1957) is a Kuwaiti footballer. Al-Dakhil was among the Kuwaiti players who won the 1980 Asian Cup. He played four matches for Kuwait at the 1980 Sum ...

* Muayad Al-Haddad *

Ibrahim Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan Al Khalfan ( ar, إبراهيم خلفان; born 25 November 1961) is a retired Qatari international footballer who played as a winger. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympi ...

* Khalid Salman * Ali Zaid *

Mohammed Abduljawad Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad ( ar, محمد عبد الجواد, born 28 November 1962 in Jeddah) is former Saudi Arabian football defender. His nickname is ''flying wing''. Mário Zagallo gave him his number 13 in Saudi national team while he was tr ...

Mohaisen Al-Jam'an Mohaisen Mubarak Al Jam'an Al Dosari ( ar, محيسن الجمعان) (born 6 April 1966) is a former Saudi football (soccer) player. He represented the Saudi national team during the period 1984–1994. He played as a striker. With the natio ...

* Shaye Al-Nafisah * Saleh Khalifa *

Malik Awab Malek Awab is a Singaporean former footballer in the 1980s and 1990s. Malek Awab also once held the record for the most number of international caps for his country, Singapore (121 caps). Football career Club Malek played for the Kuala ...

* Lee Tae-ho *

Walid Abu Al-Sel Walid Abu Al-Sel ( ar, وليد أبو السل; born 1963) is a Syrian former association football, football Forward (association football), forward who played for Syria national football team, Syria in the 1984 AFC Asian Cup, 1984 and 1988 AFC ...

* Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan * Farooq Abdulrahman * Adnan Al-Talyani *

Fahad Khamees Fahad Khamees Mubarak ( ar, فهد خميس مبارك; born 24 January 1962) is an Emirati retired footballer who played as a striker for the UAE national football team and Al Wasl FC in Dubai. He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and was ...

;Own goals * Shahin Bayani (playing against Saudi Arabia) * Ibrahim Al-Rumaihi (playing against for Kuwait) *

Mubarak Anber Mubarak Anber Aman Al-Ali ( ar, مبارك عنبر أمان العلي; born 1 January 1954) is a former Qatari football defender who played for Qatar in the 1984 Asian Cup. He first played for Al Oruba, later to be known as Qatar SC, maki ...

(playing against Syria) * Issam Mahrous (playing against Kuwait)

Final positions

References

External links

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